Newsletter

                                                                                                                 December 2025

                                                                                                          Children's Ministry Newsletter

I am so thankful for Advent.  It gives us all a great opportunity to examine our walk with God and our understanding of why He came to us as Jesus.  A real live human. The difference is Jesus is perfect, sinless and that is how we can have the greatest gift we could ever receive, The gift of Salvation.

Jesus embodied four extremely important attributes that we focus on during Advent. As He carried out his ministry, Jesus showed us how He expects us to be. This month the children will have the opportunity to remember that we are created in His image and we too can embody love, hope, joy, and Peace.  Each week we will focus on one of these attributes.

Pastor Hugo’s sermon on November 30^th , which talked about Matthew the person, helped to shape the way Matthew the author interpreted Jesus’ birth.  This month the children will do a scavenger hunt within two of the Gospels.  They will look for the differences in both Matthew and Luke’s interpretation of the birth of our Lord and Savior.  What were the author’s occupations and how did they come to follow Jesus.

Advent is also a time to prepare our hearts to receive Jesus now and for His return. Our Faith& Science curriculum is a big hit so this month we’ll focus on the social sciences.  Using both Matthew 24:36 &44, we can explore how we react to anticipation, preparation, following directions, and trusting others.  

I pray for this season of Advent to be a blessing to our church, our families and  to each one of us as we walk the walk and talk the talk of Jesus.

Merry Christmas

Kim Laughlin, Director Children's Ministries

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